Could be worse, they could end it with "discuss"...
Beginning a post with the word "So".
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Originally Posted By: DuckRyder
Could be worse, they could end it with "discuss"...
So, discuss.
I've done that before
Could be worse, they could end it with "discuss"...
So, discuss.
I've done that before
Originally Posted By: aquariuscsm
Maybe just to make a post sound more personable,as if having a live conversion vs reading a script.
^This. (that's another example...)
Posting online isn't really writing. It's conversational communication in written form. Many formalities and rules have been, or will be lost. A new vernacular has developed and it will continue to be influenced by online participation... and vice-versa.
Maybe just to make a post sound more personable,as if having a live conversion vs reading a script.
^This. (that's another example...)
Posting online isn't really writing. It's conversational communication in written form. Many formalities and rules have been, or will be lost. A new vernacular has developed and it will continue to be influenced by online participation... and vice-versa.
Originally Posted By: JennyHemi
Originally Posted By: aquariuscsm
Maybe just to make a post sound more personable,as if having a live conversion vs reading a script.
^This. (that's another example...)
Posting online isn't really writing. It's conversational communication in written form. Many formalities and rules have been, or will be lost. A new vernacular has developed and it will continue to be influenced by online participation... and vice-versa.
Exactly, if I were writing a paper, I would choose a different style.
But we are engaged in a conversation, so the style is more akin to speaking, not writing for our high school language arts teacher.
Originally Posted By: aquariuscsm
Maybe just to make a post sound more personable,as if having a live conversion vs reading a script.
^This. (that's another example...)
Posting online isn't really writing. It's conversational communication in written form. Many formalities and rules have been, or will be lost. A new vernacular has developed and it will continue to be influenced by online participation... and vice-versa.
Exactly, if I were writing a paper, I would choose a different style.
But we are engaged in a conversation, so the style is more akin to speaking, not writing for our high school language arts teacher.
So.....
this thread is a waste of bandwidth.
this thread is a waste of bandwidth.
Originally Posted By: surfstar
So.....
this thread is a waste of bandwidth.
So... I think it's annoying too when people start with "so."
So.....
this thread is a waste of bandwidth.
So... I think it's annoying too when people start with "so."
It's not nearly as annoying as people who end every sentence with "right?"
There's something else I noticed: I'm the only guy that uses a semicolon; nobody else knows how.
Originally Posted By: Merkava_4
There's something else I noticed: I'm the only guy that uses a semicolon; nobody else knows how.
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/semicolon
There's something else I noticed: I'm the only guy that uses a semicolon; nobody else knows how.
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/semicolon
Originally Posted By: Merkava_4
There's something else I noticed: I'm the only guy that uses a semicolon; nobody else knows how.
Not true; I use them more often than is good for me.
There's something else I noticed: I'm the only guy that uses a semicolon; nobody else knows how.
Not true; I use them more often than is good for me.
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